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Lydia Leftcoast

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10. Actually, they DID have a "right" to a job

Reply to KurtNYC (Reply #8)

Mon Jun 25, 2012, 10:25 AM

Jun 2012

in that they were assigned one and were forbidden to refuse it, and in general, the Communist countries were pretty good on providing universal education, at least at the primary and secondary level, although getting into a university was much more difficult.

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I Guess I Am A Communist But I Am Proud Of It [View all] TheMastersNemesis Jun 2012 OP

Sounds like the basic socialist philosophy I learned from my grandfather to me. hobbit709 Jun 2012 #1

I Realize It Is Socialistic. TheMastersNemesis Jun 2012 #2

They don't use words like "communist" or "socialist" to actually mean anything eridani Jun 2012 #3

I LIKE that analogy Lydia Leftcoast Jun 2012 #9

'Communism' is the end stage of socialism where workers own the coalition_unwilling Jun 2012 #4

+1 nt TBF Jun 2012 #6

Welcome. Starry Messenger Jun 2012 #5

Right On bahrbearian Jun 2012 #7

um...that's socialism, NOT communism KurtNYC Jun 2012 #8

Actually, they DID have a "right" to a job Lydia Leftcoast Jun 2012 #10

you have nothing to lose but your chains, comrade... KG Jun 2012 #11

Instead, I find the GOP / Cons as socialistic and communistic. Festivito Jun 2012 #12

How would you make your utopia happen? Puzzledtraveller Jun 2012 #13

I would just call that humanitarian Mosaic Jun 2012 #14

belated k/r limpyhobbler Jul 2012 #15